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Parking in Loading Bay

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  • #32
    Caliden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,981 ✭✭✭Caliden


    nunn351 wrote: »
    would have to prove i was on company business - employers would laugh at me if i asked for letter of proof

    Pay the fine so. Only way I can see of getting out of it is the above.


  • #33
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Every tryed it? It's a balls getting parking in most places. Do ya spend 20 mins circling for a space for a 5 min visit

    Yes, you do.


  • #34
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    smash wrote: »
    Yes, you do.

    I do 300 miles round the city every week. You get sick of that very fast if all it is to run in and pick up or drop keys.

    Or someone has water leaking and there's nothing on anywhere near.

    Lucky parking wardens have a different opinion to you


  • #35
    Effects
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    nunn351 wrote: »
    Got caught yesterday 40 euro fine - was in the loading bay 90 seconds max .

    Told the warden I was offloading post into Post Office , which I was .

    He said the loading bay is for vans / trucks only .

    Could I win an appeal ?

    Next time park on double yellows with you boot open. It's perfectly legal to do so.
    kneemos wrote: »
    Technically a commercial delivery I'd have thought.

    It doesn't matter what you are commercially delivering , it's based on your vehicles tax class.


  • #36
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Effects wrote: »
    Next time park on double yellows with you boot open. It's perfectly legal to do so.

    Why so:confused:


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  • #37
    Effects
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    Banjo String wrote: »
    Why so:confused:

    "Double Yellow Lines: No parking at any time except while actively loading/unloading for a maximum of 30 minutes."

    http://www.dsps.ie/?page_id=27


  • #38
    nunn351
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭nunn351


    Effects wrote: »
    "Double Yellow Lines: No parking at any time except while actively loading/unloading for a maximum of 30 minutes."

    http://www.dsps.ie/?page_id=27

    Above must be true ,

    Anyway this evening I was passing up by the same loading bay and another car - another ticket €40.

    So turned the corner , and here was a truck parked on double lines offloading goods .
    I said to warden '' that's not a loading bay and look where he's parked'

    Warden said '' yes because loading bay is full ''

    So I looked over at loading bay which was full but with a private car , and the warden just kept walking past .


  • #39
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,776 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    smash wrote: »
    Hilarious how van drivers go mad about someone in a car parking in a loading bay even though they're doing a delivery, yet they themselves have no issue parking where ever the fcuk they want as long as they throw on the aul hazards.

    But sure everyone knows that the car/truck/double-decker-bus/artic isn't really there if the hazards are on?

    Don't they?

    So how could it be causing an obstruction :confused:


  • #40
    nunn351
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭nunn351


    Still they lousy that they give a ticket instantly on arrival at the scene .

    Surely warden should wait at least a minute to suss out the situation first.


  • #41
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,776 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    nunn351 wrote: »
    Still they lousy that they give a ticket instantly on arrival at the scene .

    Surely warden should wait at least a minute to suss out the situation first.

    What situation though?

    Private vehicles aren't permitted to be in loading bays during their operational hours, full stop.

    (And yes, I have done that and worse, and got away with it. But wouldn't be complaining if I'd got done :D)


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  • #42
    ted1
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Technically a commercial delivery I'd have thought.

    No you need to have the vehicle taxed as commercial


  • #43
    The Gride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭The Gride


    Loading bays only for commercially taxed vehicles so pay up !


  • #44
    The Gride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭The Gride


    ted1 wrote: »
    No you need to have the vehicle taxed as commercial

    You bet me to it.


  • #45
    nunn351
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭nunn351


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    What situation though?

    Private vehicles aren't permitted to be in loading bays during their operational hours, full stop.

    (And yes, I have done that and worse, and got away with it. But wouldn't be complaining if I'd got done :D)

    Well I wonder why he picked on me after just 30 seconds in the bay , and yet today I witnessed him passing by a similar private car in another loading bay , and he ignored it . ( read my post above at 5pm)


  • #46
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,621 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Did the loading bay have a sign with times clearly displayed? If not, you can get off with the ticket as there has to be a sign with the times on it. Happened to me but there was no sign, so the ticket was cancelled.


  • #47
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    I feel your pain OP.

    Got done for parking in a wheelchair bay outside B&Q. Damn fools didn't accept that purchasing castors for an office chair was a valid excuse :pac:


  • #48
    Effects
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    nunn351 wrote: »
    Still they lousy that they give a ticket instantly on arrival at the scene .

    Surely warden should wait at least a minute to suss out the situation first.

    Why spend a minute sussing out the situation? Non commercially taxed vehicle in a loading bay. You can suss that out in a few seconds.


  • #49
    nunn351
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭nunn351


    He could have used his discretion , but instead he arrived at the scene and instantly printed ticket .

    Why was he in a hurry , these guys just stroll around town all day every day .


  • #50
    Effects
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    Maybe he was in a hurry to get to lunch? Couldn't you have just parked in a pay and display zone and walked a bit further to the post office?


  • #51
    nunn351
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭nunn351


    Effects wrote: »
    Maybe he was in a hurry to get to lunch? Couldn't you have just parked in a pay and display zone and walked a bit further to the post office?

    I know the moral of the story , of course I should have parked in P & D and walked .

    Anyway my business in this case , and every evening takes 60 seconds to complete .
    Into PO , walk to counter , throw in the company post . , and out again.

    60 seconds max


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